Mower County transcript., 1887-06-15
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Marrying for q Man.

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long as young people are thoughtless,
and old persons are ignorant and inju.
dicious, viz: Girls, don't marry for a
man. Much is said and written these
days on the enlargement Of woman's
spheres, her advantages are increased,
her capabilities acknowledged and her
rights recognized. But, while these
things are discussed III the newspapers
and in all the busy scenes of life there
! are individuals who consider it wom-
ans highest duty and privilege C!) to
| tie herself to man, to rear his fam
lily, to toll and drudge for him, and
then without having known real
pleasure, without having had glimpse
OF the happiness that springs from a
true heaven-born love, she sinks into
her grave ''unwept, unhonored and
unsung." Some will say this picture
is overdrawn, but improbable as it
may seem, I cannot count on all my
fingers and toes the examples of such
lives that have come under my limited
observation.
Are there no happy wives? Yes,
hundreds of them; but there are many
unhappy ones, and the reason is obvious.
Girls are educated to believe that we'd
lock is state of ecstatic bliss, and the
only means of securing the worlds
favor and respect. A father said to
his daughter, "Get a good husband, if
you can; if you can't get good one,
get the best you can." And so this
girl, who had a short and miserable
married life, was taught from early
childhood to angle for a husband, to
marry for man, and not because she
had for him pure, God-given love, or
received such an affection in return:
neither did she realize the good that
emanates from the loving homekeepep,
nor the blessings derived from the faith
ful helpmeet. Do you wonder that her
life is b]ighted, and every good instinct
and noble impulse is crushed?
A woman of my acquaintance has
been welded for years to a brutal,
drunken man. She has woeful ex-
istence. Upon one occasion she said,
III know of no funeral I would rather
attend than Jacks; yet I would rather
have him than never to have been mar
ried at ALL" wonder if such a woman
has fulfilled her highest mission.
wonder, too, how many noble men and
women 60 out of such homes to make
and beautify other homes.
/ am not discouraging marriage. It
is a divine institution, and for that
reason the highest respect and purest
love should exist between those who
together take upon themselves its holy
VOWS. There are few women who do
not appreciate peaceful domestic life.
In every heart is implicated the love
of home, and the life and light of the
home is woman. IA perfect woman.
nobly planned, -" a spirit still and
bright. with something of an angel
light"
The loved and loving Christian wife
and mother is the happiest woman in
the world, but she married neither for
wealth nor position. She had exalted
views of life and it's opportunities. A
marriage of convenience is degrading,
and cannot resultin happiness. Passion
is an illusion. and can never bring
domestic enjoyment. Those who con-
template matrimony should remember
that they must grow old together, that
vexations, commonplace experiences
efface fresh young love and youthful
attractions, that there must be strong
and lasting affection, or pleasure dies
and peace takes her everlasting fight.
It's fashionable in the present day
to be useful, and it is = fashion that has
come to stay. Woman is living fac
tor in almost every profession and susi-
ness undertaking, aud if she continues
to progress at this rapid rate there will
be few frivolous fashionables and in
sipid indolents among Twentieth Cen
tury women. Then, girls, if you
would be in the vanguard you must do
something. I don't want to preach.
but I beg ofyou above all things don't
dwadle around waiting for husband.
for wasting your best energies in an ef.
fort to secure one. The extent of your
training in all womanly essentials de-
cides your ability to assume the duties
of wife and mother. Make yourself
worthy of the best man that ever lived,
and if you are to enjoy wife's felicities
when the proper time comes the right
man will make his appearance, and you
will bring into your home the fruits of
a wide experience, patient industry and
a cultivated mind.-Aent A1acie7at.
The Governor Stood by the Dog.
Ex-Governor Gilpin, the first terri
torial governor of Colorado, was fined